Yes. Keep up the small (1-2 tsp) snacks, wait and retest. I think you can wait 30 minutes between tests to allow a bit more time for food to act. If he gets to lime green I’d try HC snacks. And don’t worry - lime green doesn’t mean he’ll have visible hypo symptoms. If it all gets too much to handle, you have the option of feeding a full HC meal to stop the insulin’s action. He’d be fine if you have to do that and you’ll get him back.

Yes. Keep up the small (1-2 tsp) snacks, wait and retest. I think you can wait 30 minutes between tests to allow a bit more time for food to act. If he gets to lime green I’d try HC snacks. And don’t worry - lime green doesn’t mean he’ll have visible hypo symptoms. If it all gets too much to handle, you have the option of feeding a full HC meal to stop the insulin’s action. He’d be fine if you have to do that and you’ll get him back.

Yes. Keep up the small (1-2 tsp) snacks, wait and retest. I think you can wait 30 minutes between tests to allow a bit more time for food to act. If he gets to lime green I’d try HC snacks. And don’t worry - lime green doesn’t mean he’ll have visible hypo symptoms. If it all gets too much to handle, you have the option of feeding a full HC meal to stop the insulin’s action. He’d be fine if you have to do that and you’ll get him back.

Sorry for confusion, I just had to leave for work, he went up to 61 is it safe now to wait longer to test so I can let DH know

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If the only extra food he had was at +1 I think I would say to DH to give him a teaspoon of LC to keep him surfing and check again in an hour. Which will be about +4 right?

If he is still the same or up at that point another teaspoon of LC and then wait for two hours, grabbing a test at +6
The higher carb you gave at +1 should have worn off by now, but being early in the cycle there is still a potential for numbers to drop. That's why I'm suggesting a little more food, hoping the LC will help him surf.

@Gill & George so he is having his nadir at amps, how is that even possible? I don’t understand sorry for being

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Nadir is simply the lowest point in the cycle, it can happen at anytime.

George for example used to nadir mostly at around +5 +6, when he was changing things up he would nadir early, that was often when he was on a reduction early cycle, I suspect as the dose and depot filled he got more duration.
I don't think todays cycle was the same as the previous two nights, he continued to go down, with the momentum of clearing the bounce. The other two nights we were looking at it looked as though he might have been flat or rising at amps, so he probably nadired earlier.

When clearing a bounce they can nadir at any point, George often cleared at the end of a cycle.

Nadir is simply the lowest point in the cycle, it can happen at anytime.

George for example used to nadir mostly at around +5 +6, when he was changing things up he would nadir early, that was often when he was on a reduction early cycle, I suspect as the dose and depot filled he got more duration.
I don't think todays cycle was the same as the previous two nights, he continued to go down, with the momentum of clearing the bounce. The other two nights we were looking at it looked as though he might have been flat or rising at amps, so he probably nadired earlier.

When clearing a bounce they can nadir at any point, George often cleared at the end of a cycle.

Looking at Bellas numbers he more often than not nadirs midcycle. Some of the numbers (the pinks) had me thinking whether he was changing things up.
It wouldn't surprise me if he tells you he is done with this dose in the not to distant future.
You are doing great, and so is DH Bella is in good hands.

Looking at Bellas numbers he more often than not nadirs midcycle. Some of the numbers (the pinks) had me thinking whether he was changing things up.
It wouldn't surprise me if he tells you he is done with this dose in the not to distant future.
You are doing great, and so is DH Bella is in good hands.

Sorry what I mean is that I wouldn't be surprised if he earns a reduction in the not to distant future.
But you should hold this dose until he does drop below 50. Jumping the gun, and taking a reduction when it is not earned often back fires and sees you having to climb up the dosing ladder.

Sorry what I mean is that I wouldn't be surprised if he earns a reduction in the not to distant future.
But you should hold this dose until he does drop below 50. Jumping the gun, and taking a reduction when it is not earned often back fires and sees you having to climb up the dosing ladder.

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So I guess I don’t understand why give the MC and not just see what he does with the number on his own, cause he may have gone to the 40s had I not intervened with the MC, does that make since, I know what I’m trying to say lol not sure if I’m saying it right

So I guess I don’t understand why give the MC and not just see what he does with the number on his own, cause he may have gone to the 40s had I not intervened with the MC, does that make since, I know what I’m trying to say lol not sure if I’m saying it right

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Yes, I understand what you're saying. Letting him ride it out on the dose with no intervention can be an interesting experiment when you're home and want to see what a dose can do unopposed by food if you don't have enough data at that dose level. When you have a lot of data at a dose - as you do with the 1 u - and you see he's low very early in the cycle, intervening with food serves two functions: 1. you want to keep him away from the lime green cliff's edge for safety 2. you're trying to control the insulin's action and his response to keep him in a long run of nice dark green numbers.

Some people are able to take advantage of food steering all the time because they're at home to do the necessary testing and feeding. If you and DH's work schedules take you out of the house most days of the week this can be much harder to do so you might have to settle for keeping Bella a little bit further from that knife edge for safety's sake.

Yes, I understand what you're saying. Letting him ride it out on the dose with no intervention can be an interesting experiment when you're home and want to see what a dose can do unopposed by food if you don't have enough data at that dose level. When you have a lot of data at a dose - as you do with the 1 u - and you see he's low very early in the cycle, intervening with food serves two functions: 1. you want to keep him away from the lime green cliff's edge for safety 2. you're trying to control the insulin's action and his response to keep him in a long run of nice dark green numbers.

Some people are able to take advantage of food steering all the time because they're at home to do the necessary testing and feeding. If you and DH's work schedules take you out of the house most days of the week this can be much harder to do so you might have to settle for keeping Bella a little bit further from that knife edge for safety's sake.

Holding onto a dose that is consistently getting him into that nice healthy range is the object of TR.
If he was really ready for it the MC would have likely not kept him from dropping below 50. If you had to fight to keep him from dropping below 50, constant MC and HC then maybe a reduction would be wise.
But just the 1tsp of gravy mixed in with his LC, is not really fighting hard, but it may have just done the trick of allowing him to surf along and get more used to be in green.

Holding onto a dose that is consistently getting him into that nice healthy range is the object of TR.
If he was really ready for it the MC would have likely not kept him from dropping below 50. If you had to fight to keep him from dropping below 50, constant MC and HC then maybe a reduction would be wise.
But just the 1tsp of gravy mixed in with his LC, is not really fighting hard, but it may have just done the trick of allowing him to surf along and get more used to be in green.

Sorry for all the questions and I’m in no way doubting you guess, I depend on you all everyday, I’m just trying to learn

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Ask as many questions as you need to that's what we are all here for.

I have to go out and finish off in the garden, I'll post some links to some interesting posts about food steering, reductions etc that you might find help your understanding of TR and earning reductions.

Bella used to clean around Andy’s ears so much Andy would be bald there and I had to make something to put on Andy to stop bella from cleaning him all the time, I use Andy if Bella is scared of something cause if he sees that Andy is ok with it he is too

Such a lovely run in nice numbers though. 17 hours+ and he cleared the bounce pretty sharpish too, it's all progress.
Surfed the early part of the cycle quite nicely with that little bit of food you gave him, good job team Bella.

Such a lovely run in nice numbers though. 17 hours+ and he cleared the bounce pretty sharpish too, it's all progress.
Surfed the early part of the cycle quite nicely with that little bit of food you gave him, good job team Bella.

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Thank you Gill
Should I get some readings tonight? I will get a +4 any after that